Valve for pneumatic tires.



H. K. RAYMOND.

VALVE FOR PNEUMATIC TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1', 1906 906,158, Patented Dec. 8, 1908 FICT.i. FIGRQ.

I INVENTOR BY v QWY- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. V

HARRY K. RAYMOND, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASS IGNOR TO THE B.,F. GOODRIOH COMPANY, AKRON ,OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. I

VALVE FOR PNEUMATIC TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, HARRY K. RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Akron, county of Summit, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves for Pneumatic Tires, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to that class of air valves employed as means for inflating and deflating pneumatic tires.

In the present state of the art the air valve consists of a single straight tube provided at one end with a head adapted to seat against the inner surface of the air tube and containing the valve mechanism, which is usually constructed to admit air under pressure and to prevent its escape. The air tube is applied to the Wheel rim when the said tube is wholly or partially deflated, the valve casing being inserted in a hole provided therefor in the rim and felly. The valve casing is then forced downward until its extremity projects beyondthe inner surface of the felly, the air pump attached and air forced in to fill the tube. form of valve presents certain serious difficulties in practice: For example, the valve casing cannot be easily forced down into place before the tire is inflated, and therefore the extremity of the tube frequently does not project beyond the fell sufliciently to allow the inflating ump e attached. To obviate this di culty the valve casing is usually made of a lengt considerably greater than the thickness of the felly requires, although this expedient introduces other serious difliculties. The length of the valve casing renders the operation of applying the tire or the inner tube and the insertion of the valve casing in its place exceedingly awkward, and may necessitate a dangerous degree'of stretching of the material composing the air tube.

The object of m invention is to provide a valve which shall ave a short casing to secure ease in applyin the air tube and which shall have a removable extension tube. sufliciently long to reach through the rim and fell nother object of my invention 13 to provide a valve adapted to be applied to of different thicknesses by the use of extension tubes of various lengths.

A further object of my invention is to provide a valve having a short casing and. provided with means for removing the valve mechanism therefrom.

I accomplish these objects by means of the structure hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a rim, tire and felly, having at 'tached thereto my'imp'roved tire valve. Fig.

2 is an isometric view of the several parts of 7 my improved valve. Fig. 3 is a section in a lane at right angles to that of Fig. 1 of a elly and of the casing of my im roved valve, illustrating the operation of t e means for removing the valve mechanism. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the valve mechanism and theremovingme'ans. r

I havesho 'my device as applied to a double tube'tire of the clencher type, although it is e ually well adapted for use with many other forms of tire and rim.

In Fig. 1, 1 is'the tire casing, 2 the inner or air tube, 3 the wheel fell and 4 the rim. The valve consists essential of the casing 5, the valve mechanism 6 wit in said casing, and the extension tube 7, which is ada ted to be remov'ably attached to the said va ve casing. Various methods of securing this attachment will readily suggest themselves, but I prefer to provide the'lower extremity of the valve caslng with a threaded ti adapted to screw into a tapped socket at t e upper extremity of the extension tube. The casing and extension tube are preferably made of equal diameter and of similarly shaped cross-section, so that when the extension tube is attached, it and the casing form a substantially continuous threaded tube similar to that of the single casing used at present.

, The casing and the extension tube may be provided with two oppositely disposed flattened faces, as is generally done at resent. The casing 5 may be provided with t e usual head 8, and upon the casing may be mounted the washer 9, the cli 10, the nut 11, or similar devices, as may e needed, which, however, constitute no part of my improvement. The extension tube may be provided with the admission of the extension tube and through the passage thus opened into the valve, 1 provide a dust-cap 13, which may be end is shaped to engage the valve mechanthe usual threaded ti of a smaller diameter than the remainder ot the tube and casing to allow the application of the cap 12.

To protect the lower extremity of the of any desired form, although I prefer to use the type shown in the drawings, in which the upper end of the cap proper is swiveled inside a block shaped to fit accurately against the wheel felly and provided with a hole for shaped to correspond with the cross-section of the said extension tube, so that the edges fit closely against the flattened sides of the extension tube, and thus secure it against turning when the dust-cap is in position.

Since the valve casing is generally too short to reach through the wheel felly, some means must be rovided whereby the valve mechanism can e reached when it is to be removed, in order to deflate the tire. I therefore provide the valve removing tool 14, which consists of a straight cylindrical rod of a diameter approximately equal to that of the interior of the valve casing. Its upper ism, and is designed to remove it from its casing. it intended for use with the more common form of valve, this tip is provided with a transverse groove sha ed to engage a rib u on the base of the vs, vs mechanism, and as a centrally located socket for the admission of the valve pin. The shape of this terminal may of course be varied at will to adapt it for use with valves of various sorts. l. find it convenient to make the bore of the extension tube suficiently large to contain this tool and to join the lower extremity of the said tool to the cap 12, which, as before explained, is fitted to engage the threaded lower extremity of the extension tube and to form a cover therefor. I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the use of this form of extension tube having the valve removing tool located within it, for I believe to be broadly new the idea of a twoart valve tube, and the device is complete y operative when it consists simply of the casing, the valve mechanism within the casing, and ,the extension tube attached to the said casing. The enlargement of the tube and the addition of the valve removing tool I resent as a modification.

Whi c any suitable valve mechanism may be used, I have illustrated a mechanism of the well known Schrader type, shown and described in United States Patent No. 724,128, dated 'March 31st, 1903. in a mechanism of this construction, the air enters through an orifice in plug 22, lifts valve proper 23 ofi its seat on the plug, and passes valve chamber. It then passes through openings 25 in spring holder 26 into the pasl eoaiee sage 27 leading to the interior of the tire. When air is not being forced through the valve, spring 24 holds valve roper 23 upon its seat and the valve is close The operation of my device is as follows: The short valve casing is fixed to the air tube, the head seating within it. Below the air tube are placed the washer, clip, nut and such other accessories as may be desired. The air tube is then applied to the rim and the end of the valve casing inserted in the hole provided for it in the telly, this last operation being greatly facilitated by the shortness of the casing. The extension tube is then inserted from beneath in the hole within which the valve casing rests and is screwed thereto, thus furnishing means for pulling the valve casing downward into place. The air pump is then attached to the extremity of the extension tube and the tire inflated in the usual manner. Upon the removal of the pump, the cap 12 is attached and the dust-cap screwed up into place. To deflate the tire the dust-cap is removed, the cap 12 unscrewed and the tool withdrawn from the tube. The extension tube is then unscrewed, whereupon, by means of the tool,

the valve mechanism may be removed from the casing, which will allow the air to escape. This lastoperation is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a pneumatic tire valve the combination of a valve casing-a complete valve mechanism entirely contained therein, an extension tube adapted to be removably attached to said casing, and a tool for inserting or removing said valve mechanism, said tool adapted to be carried within said extension tube, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a two-piece casing for pneumatic tire valves, a tool for inserting and removing the valve mechanism, adapted to be carried within one portion of said casing, said tool comprising a straight rod having a tip adapted to enter the bore of the valve casing and to engage the valve mechanism, its other terminal attached to a cap adapted to cover the extremity of the casing and to hold the tool within said casing, substantially as described.

3. A cap for pneumatic tire valves havin a tapped socket and a tool for inserting an removing the valve mechanism projecting from the interior thereof.

4. In a pneumatic tire valve, the combination of a casing, an extension tube removably secured thereto and a cap united by a screw connection to said extension tube and havin a tool for inserting and removing the vsilve mechanism said tool occupying the space within the bore of said extension tube when the cap is in place.

5. In a pneumatic tire valve, the combiaoenas a nation of a casing, a com lete valve mechtension tube having flattened sides and reanism entirely contained t er'ein and an ex movably secured to the casing, and means tension tube exteriorly threaded throughout for locking the extension tube against'rotaits length and flattened on two opposite tion comprising a block having a surface 5 sides independent of the valve mechanism curved to fit the Wheel felly and an aperture 1;

and united to the casing by a screw connecshaped to it the extension tube. r

, tion; HARRY K. RAYMOND 6. In a pneumatic tirevalve, the combi- Witnesses: nation ofa casing, a complete valve mech- JAMES AJM ILWAIN',

0 anism entirely contained therein, and an ex- ROY 

